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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Sophie Huskisson

Rural voters just as likely to back Labour as Tories no longer 'party of the countryside'

Rural voters are just as likely now to vote Labour as Conservative, a surprise poll has found.

In a dramatic turnaround, the two parties are level-pegging with both attracting the support of 30% of people in the countryside.

It is a stark difference to the last election in 2019 when Labour was 33 points behind the Conservatives outside of urban areas.

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